ISOAMYL BUTYRATE | |
COE No.: | 282 |
FEMA No.: | 2060 |
JECFA No.: | 45 |
Chemical names: | 3-METHYLBUTYL BUTANOATE |
Synonyms: | ISOAMYL BUTANOATE |
Functional class: | FLAVOURING AGENT |
Latest evaluation: | 1996 |
ADI: | 0-3 mg/kg bw (1979) |
Comments: | No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1979 group ADI of 0-3 mg/kg bw for isoamyl acetate and isoamyl butyrate, expressed as isoamyl alcohol, was maintained at the forty-sixth meeting (1996). |
Report: | TRS 868-JECFA 46/23 |
Specifications: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 5/FNP 52 Add.5/206 (1997) |
Tox monograph: | See TRS 868-JECFA 46/68 |
Previous status: | 1996, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/181. R
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/29, FNP 12-JECFA 23/54 (COMPENDIUM/803). NOT PREPARED, 0-3 (GROUP ADI WITH ISOAMYL ACETATE, EXPRESSED AS ISOAMYL ALCOHOL). 0-3. 1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-JECFA 11/7, FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/50. 0-5 (CONDITIONAL). CO. N |
30 Apr 02 |
See Also: Toxicological Abbreviations Isoamyl butyrate (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 44a)